The South Brooklyn Accountable Development Initiative
Location:
P.S. 282
180 6th Avenue (between Lincoln and Berkley) 2/3 to Bergen
Street, B/Q to Seventh Ave, R to Union Street,
B63 to 5th Ave/Garfield
United States
Description:
The People's Accountable Development Summit, organized by The South Brooklyn Accountable Development Initiative (a project of the Fifth Avenue Committee), seeks to create dialogue and forge alliances among residents and various community stake holders in Brooklyn facing large developments, re-zonings and other land use changes. The centerpiece of the Summit will be a series of panel discussions on four major accountable development topics: Housing, Labor, Environment, and Process. Summit Schedule: 9:00am-9:30am
Registration, breakfast
9:30am--10:15am
Opening remarks (Michelle de la Uz), keynote speaker, pledge from elected officials
10:15am-10:30am
BREAK
10:30am-12:00pm
Housing: "Protecting Tenants, Building Affordable Housing" an exploration of inclusionary zoning; affordable housing preservation; special districts and more.
Brad Lander, Pratt Center for Community Development
Julia Fitzgerald, Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Bennett Baumer, Housing Conservation Coordinators
Alison Cordero, St. Nicholas NPC
Deb Howard, Pratt Area Community Council
Moderator: Michelle de la Uz, Fifth Avenue Committee
Labor: "Living Wages, Fair Returns", an exploration of local job training and hiring; living wage jobs, worker safety, leveraging government subsidies for real community benefits and more.
Elly Spicer, NYC Carpenters Labor-Management Cooperation Trust Fund
Betina Damiani, Good Jobs New York
Evelyn Zumba, Latin American Workers Project (Proyecto de los Trabajadores Latino Americanos)
Carrie Brunk, Jobs With Justice
David Pratt, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
Moderator: Jeremy Reiss, Community Service Society
(Both panels will run 1.5 hours, simultaneously)
12:00pm-12:15pm
BREAK
12:15pm-1:45pm
Environment: "Healthy Homes, Sustainable Communities", an exploration of sustainable design, transit equity, environmental justice and more.
Gita Nandan, Thread Collective
Ericka Stallings, Coalition for Asthma Free Homes/NY Immigration Coalition
Bob Zuckerman, Gowanus Canal Conservancy/Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation
Elena Conte, Communities United for Transit Equity/Pratt Center for Community Development
Cecil Corbin Mark (WE ACT for Environmental Justice)
Moderator: Artemio Guerra, Fifth Avenue Committee
Process: "Planning to the People", an exploration of community planning, community action, efforts to increase government transparency in the development process and more.
Tom Angotti, Gotham Gazette/Hunter College
Pat Jones, Community Board 9, Manhattan
Craig Hammerman, Community Board 6, Brooklyn
Theo Moore, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality
Sam Miller, Picture the Homeless
Moderator: Rosten Woo, Center for Urban Pedagogy
(Both panels will run 1.5 hours, simultaneously)
1:45pm-3:00pm
Closing remarks, lunch, entertainment.
This event is free. Food, childcare and Spanish translation will be provided. For more information or a pdf flyer for this event, contact Dave at dpowell@fifthave.org or (718) 237-2017 ext 148.
